Autoharp arrangement by Ben Stallings
Note that this is in 3/4 time with the first beat of each line held over from the previous measure, so that you should start counting time with the word "say."
I like to play this with the more rollicking rhythm of the original song, "To Anacreon in Heav'n." Click through for a recording of my arrangement... it took two takes, so there's a hiccup in the middle.
chords: C C - G Am -
melody: G3 E C E G C4
lyrics: Oh - say, can you see,
||: Whose broad stripes and bright stars
E7 Am - D7 G -
E D C E3 F# G
By the dawn's early light,
Through the per - i -lous fight
G7 C - (G7) C G7 -
G G E4 D C B
What so proudly we hailed
O'er the ram -parts we watched
Dm (G7) C - - C -
A B C C G3 E C
At the twilight's last gleaming, :||
Were so gallant - ly streaming?
- C F C C -
E4 E E F G G
And the rockets' red glare,
F (Am) Dm Am Dm G7 -
F E D E F F
The bombs bursting in air,
- C - (G) Am E7 -
F E D C B
Gave proof through the night
D (E7) Am - D7 G -
A B C E3 F# G
That our flag was still there.
G7 C F C G Dm - A7
G C4 C C B A A A
Oh say, does th-at star spangled
Dm - (C) Dm (D7) C G
D F E D C C B
Banne-r ye -t wave
G7 C - (G) C (F) C -
G3 G C D E F G
O'er the la - nd of the free
Am (D7) C - (F) G7 C -
C D E F D C
And the home of the brave?